RaceSense to make Irish Debut at Irish Melges 15 Nationals in Howth

PRO Richard Kissane and team are getting ready for a new challenge as they prepare for the upcoming Melges15 nationals in Howth August 24th 25th.  The championships will see the Irish Debut of RaceSense a new innovative digital way to run racing.  New technology solving old problems.

Locals Mike & Sarah Evans training for the nationals

 Every boat will be fitted with a Vakaros Atlas unit, a GPS device already popular in the class to display heading, speed, timing and trim. Build into every unit is RaceSense, an operating system to run racing.  With the committee boat and marks also fitted with a device and GPS accuracy to the cm, race organization can be run from a tablet by the PRO.

PRO runs the racing from the tablet, quickly seeing who is sailing & who is ocs

Timing is synced up from the committee boat, OCS detection is automatic and displayed on each boat and General recalls are a thing of the past!   Competitors are notified milliseconds after the start if they're over or not, and are also notified when they have dipped the start to clear themselves, so it's easier than ever to restart and get racing.

Father son team Cormac & Fiachra Farrelly will revel in planing conditons

 With finish positions recorded and future upgrades to include mark zones and boundaries, the Irish class is excited for a taste of Americas cup style technology to enhance their racing.  Not to mention the opportunity to brag as to who was the ‘Top Gun’ recording the quickest speed of the day!